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NH/hum E'. J. CHRIST! AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLIQAIION FILED 83116 1912.

Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1912.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDwARo .(OHRIST, a

citizen "of the United- States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia; and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in amusement devices and has for its object to provide a vertically traveling car adapted to automatically receive a load at its highest point of travel and be carried down by the Weight ofsaid load and dump said load at its lowest'point of travel and then automatically ascend for another load.

Another object of the invention is to provide a continuous automatically operated elevator.

With the above and otherobjects in view I have invented the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-- Figure 1 is an elevational view of my device showing a car about to receive a load.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of a car, h

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the car on its downward trip, I

Fig. 4 is a view partially in elevation and partially in section of the lower part of a shaft showing a car in its lowermost and dumping position, and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the device. Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1 indicates an elevator shaft consisting of four upright angle members 2 mounted upon a base 3 and having a top 1. On the top 4; is a pair of opposing members 5 which form bearings for a pulley shaft 6 upon which is fixed the pulley 7 and projecting from the rearof the top 1 is an arm 8 which forms a bearing for a pulley 9. A cable 10 operating over said pulleys has a weight .11 secured to its outer end and a car 12 operating in said shaft 1 secured to its inner end, said cable passing through an open1ng 13 in said top 4, the weight 11 being suiiiciently heavier than the car 12 to raise the car to the top of saidshaft.

Mounted on the. upper portion of said members 2 and outwardly thereof is an inclined trough or runway l t for balls 15, having a mouth 16 projecting into sa d shaft and pivotally mounted above said II carrot,"

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outer end and a stop 19 on its inner end and atrip arm 20 adapted to beengaged :by-t he handle 21 of the car 12 and raised thereby raising the member 19 and permitting the ball held by said member to roll onto the seat 22 in. said car the weight of which added to the weight of the car overbalances the vweight'll, thereby causing the car to descend. When the member 20 is raised by the contact of the car handle the stop 18 is caused to descend between the ball 23 and the ball 2 1 next thereto thus preventing said last ball from entering the car until its next trip. When the car starts down the weight of the member 20 causes it to drop raising the stop 18 and permitting the ball 24 to roll into position next the stop 19, when it will be in position to enter the car when on its next trip'up, when its handle 21 raisesthe members 20 and 19 thus permitting theescape of theball held by said stop. i i

On the base 3 is a stop 25 so positioned as to be engaged by? the rear end of the car 12 whereby said car is caused to dump its load whereuponbeing relieved of the weight thereof it will immediately be caused to ascend by the overbalancing weight 11, when the above described movements will be repeated and continuously repeated until all of theballs 15 in the runway 14 have been carried to the bottom of the shaft 1'. Fixedly mounted upon the ends of the rotating pulley shaft 6 are paddles orpin wheels 26 which may bev variegatedin color to give an attractive appearance as they are-rotated back and forth by the movement of the car 12.

It may be added that the device is adapt able for amusement parks in which case human beings may take the place of the balls 15 to be loweredfrom the top to the In combination an upright runway, a carrlage SlIClIIIg' 1n sald runway, an '1n-- wardly -inclined trough projecting partly into the upper end of said runway, a shaft carried at the top of said runway,a pulley on said shaft, an upright handle mounted upon said carriage, a cable secured at one end of said handle and passing over said pulley, a Weight secured to the free end of said cable preponderating over said carriage t0 normally lift the latter in said runway,

5 a trip lever mounted upon said trouglna pillbCal'IlGCl by sald lever arranged to spre vent the sliding of a ball down said inclined trough, said handlearranged to trip said lever to allow a ball to slide into said 10 carriage whereby, said carriage will be imriage is arranged to contact whereby it Will be raised.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 15 in presence of tWo Witnesses. a EDWARD J CHRIST.

\Vitnesses:

MORTIMER A. JoNEs, FRANK G. FRITZ.

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